Facts about what coronavirus is, where it came from and how it spreads
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Dangerous criminals from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are hiding in migrant caravans, official says
Gang members from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have been hiding amongst the migrant caravans heading to the United States – and have been committing crimes in Mexico along the way, intelligence officials are warning. Gissell Pérez Artiga, an El Salvador-based representative of the multinational Joint Border Intelligence Group – which the U.S. State Department says includes American personnel…
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The border crisis continues, only now migrants wait 2,000 miles south
Mexico is now holding the immigrant caravan in a town near its own southern border. The border crisis hasn’t ended; it just moved 2,000 miles south. During a visit to Tapachula, in southern Mexico, we found the small city coping with the kind of overcrowded detention centers, dangerous crossings and police actions associated with the…
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A disaster in Syria as Russia and Turkey clash
Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday, along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions? Sign up for the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Syrian internally displaced persons in a camp north of Syria’s Idlib province on Feb. 17. (Rami al-Sayed/AFP/Getty Images) (Rami Al Sayed/Afp Via Getty Images) Almost a…
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EU reports significant increase in asylum applications
Figures have increased for the first time since the refugee influx in 2015. However, not all countries of origin have the same acceptance rates. Asylum applications in the EU increased from 2018 to 2019 by 13%, according to figures released Wednesday by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO). This marks the first year-on-year increase since 2015. More…
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Growing Calls for US Intelligence to Clear Up Russian Meddling Allegations
FILE – President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, February 12, 2020 WASHINGTON – Pressure appears to be building on the White House and U.S. intelligence agencies to declassify some information and brief the public on possible Russian attempts to meddle in…
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US braces for coronavirus spread as outbreaks worsen in Italy, Iran
The United States told Americans on Tuesday to begin preparing for coronavirus to spread within the country as outbreaks in Iran, South Korea, and Italy escalated and fears that the epidemic would hurt global growth rattled markets. Iran’s coronavirus death toll rose to 16 on Tuesday, the most outside China, while Italy reported its 11th…
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Coronavirus infects US soldier for first time, military says
A U.S. soldier stationed in South Korea has tested positive for the coronavirus and is in self-quarantine at his residence off base, the military said Tuesday. The 23-year-old is based at Camp Carroll near the city of Daegu, where most of the country’s coronavirus cases have been clustered, and he visited Camp Walker earlier this week. He is the first U.S. service member to become infected. Health…
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The Latest Russia Hoax is Already Debunked
Welcome back, Russia hysteria! While it’s no secret that Russia meddles in foreign elections, the evidence that they backed any one candidate in 2016 has always been lacking. The aim of Russian election interference is more often to create chaos and division rather than back one particular candidate. Despite the secretive FBI investigation which morphed…
